I'm starting to get a little confused about how R knows which variable is the main variable and which others are simply controls. For example, let's say there are three variables Y, X1, and X2, and I'm mainly interested in X1. I regress Y = constant + X1 + X2 + error. The function of X2 is to block any indirect effect that can confound the true relationship between Y and X1. However, the coefficients and standard errors are probably going to be the exact same if we run Y = constant + X2 + X1 + error. So does that mean the coefficient that Stata calculates for X1 and X2 are already taking into account that both could influence each other regardless of what the main variable is?
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